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Automatic HD channels

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I received an email earlier this week from my cable provider. Apparently they are starting a new service called Auto HD. What this means is that whenever I tune my TV to a standard television station that also comes in an HD version my TV will automatically start showing me the HD version of the channel.

Pretty cool.

Of course, I’m assuming that if we didn’t subscribe to HD channels this service wouldn’t work for us.

The only problem that I can see with this service is that sometimes I chose to tune to a non HD station on purpose. Say when I’m watching an older show … perhaps a comedy from the 70’s or something? These shows weren’t filmed in HD and they don’t look all that great on my big screen to begin with so why would I want to watch them on an HD channel? LOL I already wish that for most shows filmed in HD that all the actors would use a good blackhead remover but the old shows are even worse.

Anyway … I don’t know if my cable provider is ahead of the game or behind. Does your cable provider offer auto HD too?





My husband really needs a new job

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I can’t believe that tomorrow is the start of December! The months have just been flying by this year.

Unfortunately I’m dreading the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. Money is going to be really tight for us around that time. My husband is going to be going through yet another temporary lay off at work. A two week lay off at the end of December.

So that means we really can’t spend any extra money in December at all and more than likely it would be best to spend less than normal. Yeah … nice time of year to try to do that huh? Something tells me that come the end of December those TV commercials for payday advance loans will be looking pretty good. LOL

January will be the hardest month for us. Chris will get his normal pay cheques in December, but his his first pay cheque in the first week of January will be for zero dollars because he won’t have worked for the previous two weeks thanks to the lay off. That means that his first real pay in January won’t be until something like the 20th … so considering I’m still stuck at home on unpaid medical leave January is going to be a very tight month. I’m not looking forward to it.

I guess other than for bills and groceries there will be no extra money spent this month. So much for Christmas! I think my husband had better start looking for a new job and fast!

Thanks Giving and other holidays

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So … it seems my American friends are celebrating Thanks Giving today. I’d love to be eating turkey for dinner tonight. Yum. I’m sure most of my US friends are relaxing right now with full bellies. LOL

Speaking of relaxing, I’m sure my brother is looking forward to relaxing soon. He and his wife were in China for a vacation for the last week and a half and their on their way home right now. I’m sure they’re looking forward to getting a good sleep after their long flight.

We received sporadic emails from them while they were in China and it sounds like they had a great time. They saw the Great Wall of China, took a cruise on the Yangtze, visited Yellow Mountain and several large cities. Oh and they experimented and ate several different foods … I’m just glad they sound healthy and didn’t have to use the Blue Cross Blue Shield health savings account that I think my brother got before they went away! I’m certainly looking forward to hearing more about their trip and seeing some of the pictures they took.

Have you ever been to China? I’d love to go there for a holiday some time, but I’m not sure I’d be able much of the food. My brother wrote that they had fish at least twice a day pretty much every day and with my allergies I think I’d be in trouble!

Black Friday Shopping

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I was talking with a couple of my friends earlier today and we might go on a shopping trip this Friday.

Yep, we might drive into the U.S. for Black Friday. I’m in Toronto and it would only take about two hours or so to drive to Buffalo for a shopping trip.

I still don’t know if we’ll go or not, but if we do we might even leave on Thursday night so that we can be ready to shop bright and early Friday morning.

I’ve never gone shopping on Black Friday. I imagine it’s pretty crazy! If anyone has any tips for me as to how to survive Black Friday shopping sprees I’d love to hear them!

Craving Chocolate

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Do you ever get food cravings? I don’t know what’s up with my body, but for most of this past month I’ve been craving chocolate like crazy!

Don’t worry .. I haven’t been giving in to the cravings .. well, ok, just after Halloween when we still had some Halloween candies around, yes, I did indulge in some chocolate, but I knew if I kept giving in I’d soon need something like hydroxycut to get rid of the extra weight I’d gain from eating all those empty calories! LOL Plus, when you eat sweet stuff you seem to crave more sweet stuff – at least I do anyway!

I think my hormones are out of whack this month. Maybe it’s because I quit smoking in October?

Anyway … did you see last nights episode of Bones? After what they found in that big chocolate bar I think I’m off chocolate for a while. Maybe the show cured my cravings.

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